Exclusive: New Hobbit Photo

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Here's a first look at Bofur, Bombur and Bifur.

By IGN Staff

IGN is excited to bring you the first look at the dwarves Bofur, Bombur and Bifur in The Hobbit, director Peter Jackson's long-awaited two-part prequel to Lord of the Rings. Click on the exclusive photo below for a hi-res version:

BOFUR, BOMBUR & BIFUR

(L-r) Stephen Hunter as Bombur, James Nesbitt as Bofur and William Kircher as Bifur in New Line Cinema's and MGM's fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

While most of the Company of Thorin Oakensheild is related to the royal and noble line of Durin, Bofur, his brother Bombur and their cousin Bifur most definitely are … not. Born and bred in the West, descendants of coal miners and iron workers, they have joined the Quest for the Lonely Mountain partly to seek their fortune and partly because they were told the beer was free.

Continue on to see three other new photos revealing the rest of The Hobbit's dwarves.